Preventive chemotherapy coverage against soil-transmitted helminth infection among school age children: Implications from coverage validation survey in Ethiopia, 2019

Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw; Zerihun Zerdo; Chuchu Churko; Fikre Seife; Manaye Yihune; Yilma Chisha; Abinet Teshome; Birhanu Getachew; Nebiyu Negussu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235281

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Preventive chemotherapy coverage against soil-transmitted helminth infection among school age children: Implications from coverage validation survey in Ethiopia, 2019

Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maksambaramr23@gmail.com

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5718-0001

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Zerihun Zerdo,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Chuchu Churko,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Fikre Seife,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Manaye Yihune,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Yilma Chisha,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Abinet Teshome,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Birhanu Getachew,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Nebiyu Negussu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Preventive chemotherapy coverage against soil-transmitted helminth infection among school age children: Implications from coverage validation survey in Ethiopia, 2019

Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw,
Zerihun Zerdo,
Chuchu Churko,
Fikre Seife,
Manaye Yihune,
Yilma Chisha,
Abinet Teshome,
Birhanu Getachew,
Nebiyu Negussu

Published: June 26, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235281

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Please consider the word conclusion instead of concussion in the abstract section.

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